With our Grade 6’s moving closer to the next stage of their schooling…

Six Maths challenges to celebrate the number 6.

“Is there a way to use three sixes to make a seven?”

“There are six glasses in a row and the first three are empty and the last three full. If you only pick up one glass, is it possible to move it so that the glasses alternate - empty, full, empty, full, empty, full?”

“What is the maximum number of squares that can be made using twelve identical matches without having to cross one another?”

Ignoring the ‘order of operations’ what does  “2 times 3 plus 8 divided by 7 times 5 minus 4 equal ?”

Now try it following the order of BIDMAS.

‘There are six eggs in a basket. If six people each take one egg, how can it be that one egg is left in the basket?”

“How much dirt does a hole that is 6 metres deep and six metres wide contain?”

Stephanie van der Schans

AST/Numeracy